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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 DA  02-  615  Released:  March  15,  2002 
 COMMON  CARRIER  BUREAU  GRANTS  CONSENT  FOR  A  TRANSFER  OF  CONTROL  OF  NORTHERN  IOWA  TELEPHONE  COMPANY  TO  MUTUAL  TELEPHONE 
 COMPANY 
 CC  Docket  No.  02-  1 


 Pursuant  to  section  214  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  214,  and  sections  0.91,  0.291,  and  63.01  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291, 
 and  63.01,  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau  (Bureau)  approves  the  application  of  Mutual  Telephone  Company  (“  Mutual”)  and  Northern  Iowa  Telephone  Company  (“  Northern  Iowa”),  as  amended, 
 to  complete  a  transfer  of  control.  1  Under  the  terms  of  the  proposed  transaction,  Mutual  and  Northern  Iowa  filed  for  consent  to  transfer  control  to  Mutual  of  domestic,  interstate  operations  of 
 Northern  Iowa  and  its  wholly-  owned  subsidiaries,  Webb-  Dickens  Telephone  Corporation  (“  Webb-  Dickens”)  and  Vernon  Communications  and  TV,  Inc.  (“  Vernon”).  No  comments  or 
 petitions  to  deny  were  received  in  response  to  the  public  notice  announcing  that  the  application  had  been  accepted  for  filing. 


 The  Bureau  finds,  upon  consideration  of  the  record,  that  the  proposed  transfer  will  serve  the  public  interest,  convenience  and  necessity,  and  therefore  grants  the  requested  authorization. 
 Pursuant  to  section  1.103  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.103,  the  consent  granted  herein  is  effective  upon  release  of  the  Public  Notice.  Petitions  for  reconsideration  under  section 
 1.106  or  applications  for  review  under  section  1.115  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.106,  1.115,  may  be  filed  within  30  days  of  the  date  of  this  Public  Notice. 


 For  further  information,  please  contact  Tracey  Wilson,  at  (202)  418-  1394  or  Bill  Dever,  Policy  and  Program  Planning  Division,  Common  Carrier  Bureau  at  (202)  418-  1578. 


 1  See  Commission  Seeks  Comment  on  Application  Filed  by  Mutual  Telephone  Company  and  Northern 
 Iowa  Telephone  Company  for  a  Transfer  of  Control,  Public  Notice,  DA  02-  211,  CC  Docket  No.  02-  1  (rel.  Jan.  28,  2002). 
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